18564: Crafting Better Worlds: Organization Theory, Aesthetics, and Leadership in Crisis.

Friday, July 25, 2025

08:00 - 10:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Offsite: Design Museum Denmark

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/EdmDvJ

Organizer(s)

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Marta Gasparin

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Panelist(s)

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Damian O'Doherty

-, United Kingdom
DJ

Divya Jyoti

-, United Kingdom
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Bent Meier Sørensen

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
DH

Daniel Hjorth

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
MP

Mollie Painter

Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Facilitator(s)

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Elena Raviola

-, Sweden
MQ

Martin Quinn

Lancaster University

This Professional Development Workshop (PDW) explores how organization theory can engage with the critical challenges of our times, including environmental, political, energy, mental health and migration crises. These crises demand a rethinking of how we live, work, and organize. By drawing on organizational aesthetics, distributed leadership, craft research, and alternative methodologies, this workshop aims to equip participants with new perspectives and methods to better enable organizational scholars to address these existential challenges. Through interactive panels and creative breakout sessions, participants will explore how histories, materials, and practices can inspire innovative organizational responses. The PDW features a diverse lineup of scholars and practitioners engaging with posthumanist and new materialist perspectives, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. Participants will leave with practical insights for integrating care, creativity, and complexity into their research and teaching.